PAST SIMPLE TENSE

WHEN DO WE USE PAST SIMPLE TENSE?

We use Past Simple Tense when we talk about completed actions in the past.

Example: I washed my car yesterday.

She ate pizza last night.

KINDS OF VERBS

Remember regular and irregular verbs. Turn regular verbs to the past by adding –ed

or –d.

Regular Verb Past Simple

walk walked

want wanted

help helped

decide decided

agree agreed

If the verb ends with y preceded by a vowel,

add –ed. If the verb ends with y preceded by a

consonant, drop the y, turn it into i and add -ed.

Study irregular verb list.

Regular Verb Past Simple

play played

stay Stayed

study Studied

bury buried

KINDS OF SENTENCES IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Affirmative sentences

Tom visited us last week. I ran in the competition. Negative sentences

Tom didn’t visit us last week. I didn’t run in the competition.

SUBJECT VERB IN PAST TENSE COMPLEMENT.

SUBJECT DIDN’T VERB IN BASE FORM

COMPLEMENT.

KINDS OF QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE

Yes/No Questions

Did Tom visit you last week?

Informative Questions

Where did you run last year?

SUBJECTDID VERB IN BASE FORM

COMPLEMENT?

WH WORD DID SUBJECT

VERB IN BASE FORM COMPLEMENT?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE USE THE VERB TO BE?

Recall its past tense

Negative Sentences Use the negative form or the contractions.

Never use didn’t.

WAS WERE

WAS NOT

WERE NOT

WASN’T

WERENT

Yes/No Questions

Was Irene in the house? Were they at the Mall?

Informative Questions

Why was Irene in the house? Where were you last night?

WAS / WERE SUBJECT COMPLEMENT?

WH WORD WAS / WERE SUBJECT

COMPLEMENT?